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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I List-II
a. Rate of respiration 1. Auxanometer
b. Rate of growth of plant 2. Respirometer
c. Size of stomata 3. Hellio tropic chamber
d. Demonstrate phototropism 4. Poromoter

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In castor and several other related plants a fleshy whitish tissue is formed at one end of the seed. This is called the

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The by-product of photosynthesis is

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In which of the following families, the endosperm forms both micropylar and chalazal haustoria?

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The germination process, whereby the cotyledons emerge above ground with the growing tip due to the elongation of hypocotyl and the formation of hypocotyl hook is known as

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A known inhibitor of gibberellin biosynthesis, used extensively by the green house floriculture industry to retard the growth of such plants as chrysanthemums and poinsettias is known as

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Plants grown which of the following places take up carbon dioxide during the night?

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Which of the following plants is an example of a carcerule where the fruit is produced from a bicarpellary, syncarpous, tetralocular and superior ovary?

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Biosynthetic phase is called as dark reaction because

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During early stages of microsporogenesis, the microspore mother cells or microsporocytes are closely packed and are interconnected by

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The tetraploid secondary nucleus after fertilization by a male gamete produces a pentaploid endosperm in which of the following plants?

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In some plants, the flower is modified in such a way that it looks like a female insect and attracts male insect. This modification is used for the pollination and occurs commonly in

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The boundary layer of air over the green leaves with active microbes is known as

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Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer:
1. Intense or strong light retards the growth of shoot
2. Shade plants are shorter and stockier than sun plants
3. Shade plants have dense covering of hairs while sun plants are less hairy
4. The stems of shade plants are taIler and more branched than that of sun plants

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Consider the following statements regarding the vegetation of Rajasthan desert and choose the correct answer:
1. Sand community occupies a large area of Jaisalmer and near about areas
2. Gravel association at Bap to Jaisalmer consists of Boerhhavia diffusa, Cleome papillosa, Fagonia eratea, Aristidia mutabilis etc.
3. Except small isolated hills, the greater portions of Jaisalmer and Jodhpur of Rajasthan are covered by rocks
4. The common shrubs occurring in the sand, gravel and rock communities are Euphorbia nerifolia, some species of twining shrubs like species of Convolvulus, Sarcostemma etc.

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The oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvic acid to form acetyl coenzyme A requires the presence of essential cofactors which include

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Which of the following are climbing woody perennials, which grow upward until their leaves form a part of the forest canopy and become well exposed to the light?

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The tendency among animals to concentrate in numbers larger than found in normal distribution, and which congregate under various circumstances mostly by their own movements is known as

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The final steady state or stage in a succession is known as

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Gaseous exchange takes place in leaves through tiny pores for the purpose of photosynthesis. What are these pores?

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